Khosrow and Shirin, in 33 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages. This is a love story, which has captured the minds of common folk, poets, and artists in Iran and many other parts of Asia for over 1,400 years. Recited, sung, depicted in many genres of the arts, or just retold for its wonderful plot, Khosrow and Shirin is based on the true story of shah Khosow/Khosrov/Khusrau II [Chosroes, ruled 590-628] and his successful pursuit of the woman of his dreams. The lady Shirin, in the version by Nizami (about 1141–1209) of Ganja, is an Armenian princess who becomes queen of Iran after many episodes of folkloric interest. The present English text appears in Mirror of the Invisible World: Tales from the Khamseh of Nizami (New York, 1975), pp. 21-48. That magnificent publication, with dozens of color plates of Persian miniatures, is available in full at Internet Archive here. Compiled by Robert Bedrosian.